tormentnoun
uk/ˈtɔː.ment/us/ˈtɔːr.ment/[ U ] great mental suffering and unhappiness, or great physical pain:
The family said they had endured years of torment and abuse at the hands of their neighbours.
Waiting for the result of the medical tests was sheer torment.
He spent the night in torment, trying to decide what was the best thing to do.
torments [ plural ]
great mental suffering and unhappiness:
Nothing can describe the torments we went through while we were waiting for news.
[ C ] something or someone that causes great suffering or anger:
Writing reports was a monthly torment to him.
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Pain & painful
- -racked
- achy
- agonizing
- cluster headache
- dodgy
- earache
- hell
- hurt
- masochism
- non-ulcer stomach pain
- painful
- painfully
- painless
- rack
- racking
- shooting pains
- suffering
- tender
- throb
- wince
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Difficult things and people
tormentverb [ T ]
uk/tɔːˈment/us/tɔːrˈment/to cause a person or animal to suffer or worry:
The animals are tormented mercilessly by flies and mosquitoes.
The camera focused on a group of women whose faces were tormented by/with (= showed that they were suffering) grief.
It tormented me all day - had I said the wrong thing and hurt her feelings?
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Treating people or animals badly
- a raw deal idiom
- at the hands of sb idiom
- batten
- batten on sb
- be heavy on sb idiom
- bleed
- grind
- jerk
- jerk sb around
- knife
- knock
- knock sb around
- put sb through sth
- sexual harassment
- shit on sb
- shortchange
- shove
- shove sb around
- walk
- walk all over sb idiom
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tormentor
noun [ C ] uk/tɔːˈmen.tər/us/tɔːrˈmen.t̬ɚ/